33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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9-12-180
Section 9-12-180 Authorized; form. The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Alabama with any one or more of the states of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and with such other states as may enter into the compact legally therein in the form substantially as follows: GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I Whereas the Gulf Coast States have the proprietary interest in and jurisdiction over fisheries in the waters within their respective boundaries, it is the purpose of this compact to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous, of the seaboard of the Gulf of Mexico, by the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. Article II This compact shall become operative immediately as to those states ratifying it whenever any two...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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33-5-75
Section 33-5-75 Authority of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to cancel certification or to suspend or revoke privilege of operating vessel; procedures. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may cancel any boater safety certification upon determining that the holder of the certification was not entitled to the issuance or that the holder failed to give the correct or required information in the application for certification. Upon cancellation the holder shall surrender the certification cancelled and any duplicate. A holder who refuses to surrender the certification and any duplicate shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. (b) The privilege of operating a vessel on the waters of this state, as defined in Section 33-5-3, shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the commissioner in like manner and for like cause as a boater safety certification may be suspended or...
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9-11-300
Section 9-11-300 Establishment. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, through the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and directed to establish by proclamation such wildlife management areas as may be in the public interest and to enter into agreements with the United States Forest Service, the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, the Tennessee Valley Authority or other owners, lessees or administrators of such lands as may be necessary and suitable for the purpose of establishing wildlife management areas. Such agreements shall provide for the fixing and demarcation of the boundaries of said area or areas, define the responsibilities of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the cooperating party or parties for restocking of wildlife species, the planting and cultivation of game and fish foods, the protection of such areas from predatory animals and unauthorized hunting or fishing and any other work necessary...
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9-11-56.3
Section 9-11-56.3 Public fishing pier license; saltwater pier fishing license; fees. (a) A person, firm, or corporation that operates a fishing pier open to the general public in the inside waters of the State of Alabama as defined by Rule 220-3-.04 of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may purchase a public fishing pier license to be issued by the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The fee for a public fishing pier license shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year, which fee shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-69. Any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, a resident of the State of Alabama may fish from a licensed public fishing pier in the inside waters of the State of Alabama without purchasing a fishing license. A licensed public fishing pier shall be open to the general public. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the operator of a licensed public...
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9-12-115
Section 9-12-115 Reports of seafood dealers. Each and every person, firm, or corporation holding a seafood dealer's license issued by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her authorized agent shall under oath make a monthly report to the Director of the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on blanks provided for that purpose by the director, which report shall show in detail the weight in pounds of each species of fish purchased from commercial fishermen during the preceding month. The reports required by this section shall be in the hands of the director by the tenth day of each month for the immediately previous month, and willful failure or refusal to make the report by the required date or upon notification by the director that the report has not been received or the filing of a false report shall be deemed a violation of this section, and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the...
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9-12-232
Section 9-12-232 Commercial gill net permits - Acquisition and retirement. (a) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall establish and administer a voluntary program to acquire and retire commercial gill net permits of saltwater commercial fishermen issued pursuant to Section 9-12-113. (b) Each resident Alabama saltwater commercial fisherman who possesses a valid Alabama permit June 1, 2008, and any nonresident commercial fisherman who has held a commercial gill net license for 25 years or more without a fishing violation who possesses a valid Alabama permit on June 1, 2008, may surrender his or her license on or before March 1, 2009. (c) Upon surrender of the license, the following shall apply: (1) If the total income of the license holder from dockside value of finfish harvested and landed in Alabama using gill nets in the last three years was less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the licensee shall receive a payment from the Department of Conservation and...
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9-12-29
Section 9-12-29 Patrol boats. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall provide the necessary patrol boats and shall appoint a deputy inspector for each patrol boat who shall be a seafaring man, competent to act as captain of the boat on which he may be assigned, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall provide all necessary crews to properly man said boats. They shall patrol daily the waters of the Mississippi Sound and the territorial waters of the State of Alabama under the direction of the Director, Marine Resources Division, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall see that all oysters are properly culled on the reefs or beds where taken and that all laws appertaining to the taking, catching, canning, transporting or having in possession of all seafoods of the State of Alabama are complied with. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192, § 7; Code 1940, T. 8, § 130.)...
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9-15-10
Section 9-15-10 Notice, etc., of change in status, disposition or acquisition of used and unused lands. (a) If at any future time any institution or department of the State of Alabama shall deem it advisable to make use of any unused land owned by it, it shall notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall place said land on the "used land" list, and should any institution or department of the State of Alabama abandon the use to which any "used land" is then being put, it shall notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, of such abandonment and the land shall be reclassified on records in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as "unused land." (b) Should any land owned by any institution or department of the State of Alabama be leased, sold or otherwise disposed of by any institution or department of the State of Alabama owning same, such institution or department shall...
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